Today is Sunday, December 22, 2024 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Ralph Fiennes Andrew Lippa
To snitch or not to snitch? That is the dilemma facing Pharus Jonathan Young (Jeremy Pope) the flamboyantly gay, smartass, witty, intelligent, Bible quoting, take-no-nonsense crap from any…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:36AMOn the eve of this limited run engagement’s closing at Studio 54 on January 13th, I offer this summation. Fact: It has been reported to have recouped its investment costs. Eyeing Londo…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:42PMDéjà vu – a feeling of having already experienced the present situation, best describes this cursory, surreal, Reader’s Digest condensation, “This Is Your Life” Las Vegas type extr…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:06PMI’m pleased as punch and I’d like to take in this production again and again – all the time wondering why it has taken so long for this theatrical jewel to arrive and wondering if Padd…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 12:42PMMake a date. Take a date. With a friend. A lover. A teenager or person of a certain age who remembers what “musical-comedy” was in its prime. Better yet take someone who…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 12:18PMThis is not a great one act play. It is a taut and timely play. A play torn from the horrific racial headlines that we read daily. And see nightly on the news. And so it is predictab…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 11:54AMRemember the original Gong Show? Mid-70’s TV fare? Where amateur talent might be stopped mid-act by the “striking of a large gong” putting an abrupt end to the dubious talent on vi…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:32AMFinally, a respite from mediocrity. A relief from rap and unrelenting horrible headlines. A Rolaids-like cure for indigestible musicals can be found at the Westside Theatre/Downstairs in…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:18AMAt the Golden Theatre, where “An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May” opened 58 years ago, Elaine May – a spry 86 with all her faculties and comic instincts intact – is …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 03:04PMUndoubtedly those of you interested in the latest openings on and off Broadway have heard all the positive hoopla over the multiple award winning play imported from London – THE FERRYMAN w…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:04PMI would love to report that it doesn’t matter if you don’t know heads or tails of the rules of SNOOKER – a game similar to billiards (pool) made famous by Paul Newman and Jackie Gleaso…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:48AMHistorical dramas can prove to be problematic. To stick to the facts or not, that is the question. In BERNHARDT/HAMLET playwright Teresa Rebeck attempts to straddle the best of both worl…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:24AMIn happily-ever-after neon lit Hollywood, circa late 1980’s just about anything plausible and implausible can happen, especially in a musical, from this unique perspective �…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 11:12AMAh! Love! What is love but a four letter word? A word much used and oft abused. It can mean a multitude of things and comes in all kinds of combinations and varieties. Every…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 02:04PMOn view at the Helen Hayes Theater is STRAIGHT WHITE MEN written by Young Jean Lee who has the distinction of being the first Asian-American woman to be produced on Broadway. A Second Stag…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 11:18AMI’ll make this short and unfortunately not so sweet. You will most probably leave this most recent reincarnation of this mostly problematic musical humming a few of its wonderful songs (mu…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 11:04AMDramatists Guild Criticizes Marginalization of Writers at the 2018 Tony Awards by BWW News Desk BroadwayWorld.com Jun. 14, 2018 Tweet Share Dough Wright, president of the Dramatists…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:24PMAre you up to the challenge? Are you willing to commit both time and that all important commodity, money, into seeing this once in a lifetime theatrical experience? This is a stunner of a …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:36AMHow wise was director Mr. George C. Wolfe in this long night’s journey into a bar – to cut it down somewhat, quicken its pace, mine it for its humor and to cast terrific supporting b…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:12AMOn April 26, 1977 Studio 54 opened. On April 26, 2018 I attended the new musical based on the life of the most famous Disco Queen that reigned supreme at Studio 54 – Donna Summer …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:48AMAfter seeing a matinee performance of the sumptuous Lincoln Center Theater revitalized revival of MY FAIR LADY I can only say one thing – that I wish I could have seen it again. Imme…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 12:33PMBack to basics. Strong story. Gorgeous melodies. Smart lyrics. Uncomplicated sets. No projections. I’ve just about had it with projections. Incredibly creative choreog…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 03:06PMSomewhere in the middle or I should say the muddle of the first act of the overly long, much too loud, pulsating and bombastic two act MEAN GIRLS, while being distracted by two twenty-someth…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:41AMLike the proverbial old gray mare, A isn’t what she used to be. She is worse. A is wealthy and ailing. A is 92 insisting that she is 91. A is disgruntled and demanding. A …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:44AMSometimes it takes a volcanic eruption to open your eyes to love and sometimes it takes a shower of beach balls to make memorable a rather silly musical. The musical in question is …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:36AMAn almost perfect alignment of writing, casting, design and direction have resulted in a monumental eight hour, double bill theatrical marathon. It is a fantastical achievement. First prod…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:46AMCall me a Mouseketeer. Call me a kid. Call me a boob. Whatever. I am a fan of Disney’s new musical FROZEN on Broadway at the St. James Theatre. In the great old tradition of Tink…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:02AMWhat would you do? You are happily married with two children (a boy and a girl) and have just given birth to a third – a girl who the doctor has, unfortunately, told you is a “Mong…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:40AMYou might want to see this Royal Court Theatre production of HANGMEN more than once at the Atlantic Theater Company on West 20th Street. And not because it is written by Martin McDonagh. …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:01AMFive Irish women. Family and frenemies and one germ-a-phobic manic-depressive obsessive compulsive acquaintance. Girl talk ensues. Men in and out of their lives. Chatty. Gossipy. …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:06AMThere’s some good news and some rather dreary news to report about this Lithgow family “show and tell” Roundabout production that has taken roughly ten years to get to the Ameri…
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